Essentially the findings of the Coleman report on education were consistent with the
a. Conflict perspective
b. Functionalist perspective
c. Symbolic interactionist perspective
d. Social-psychological perspective
ANS: b
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a. the mulatto escape hatch b. the Intifada c. the sovereignty movement d. the two-state solution
A sociologist is studying patient-doctor interactions and makes the following conclusion: “Overall, when men complained about pain, doctors were significantly more likely to prescribe pain medications than when women did. Doctors were more likely to encourage lifestyle changes, such as exercise, to alleviate pain for women. This suggests that doctors are more likely to consider the complaints of men to be “valid,” whereas the complaints made by women were seen as less severe, and as such, were taken less seriously.” Is this research an example of “sociology in medicine” or “sociology of medicine”? Why?
A. Sociology in medicine: This study is looking at patient treatment and how patients engage with doctors to improve their pain. B. Sociology in medicine: This study is looking at the experience of patienthood. C. Sociology of medicine: In society broadly, women have less power than men; this study suggests that the health care system reinforces this differential between men and women. D. Sociology of medicine: Doctors have the power to treat all patients differently. E. Sociology in medicine: This sociologist is performing a sociological study in a medical context.
What we can safely project is that 10, 20, or 50 years from now, racial and ethnic identities and the color lines that divide us will not take the form they take today.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
How do social identities influence the social construction of health and illness?
What will be an ideal response?